Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (C/2023 A3 to astronomers) has been making an
appearance since September. Between now and the end of the month will
be your last opportunity to see this in the night sky before it
disappears into the cosmos. Astronomers believe that this celestial
body circles the sun about once every 80,000 years.
Brighter
than the planet Jupiter it is easy to spot with the naked eye.
Binoculars or a telescope will enhance your viewing pleasure.
Finally, was home to catch a photo last evening as the sun set.
Too many trees around here. Although the foreground lighting from the porch lights is interesting.....
Our moon is twelve days old today and there's something worth seeing all night long.
Both the moon and planet Saturn will ascend together as they make a close approach (technically called an appulse) in the night sky. Look for the moon just to the left of Saturn.
In the Republican primary election earlier this year Nikki Haley garnered 20% of the vote total here on the peninsula. Trump, Haley and DeSantis were on the ballot and even though Haley had previously withdrawn from the race she still garnered a fifth of the Republican vote. I wonder if anyone on Team Trump has this on their radar screen.
Why, you ask?
Because the County of Door has correctly backed every presidential winner for almost three decades, including Donald Trump in 2016 and Joe Biden in 2020. This deeply purple peninsula has picked the winning presidential candidate since 1996.
Is it something in the water? More likely it's something in the population dynamic.
The year-round permanent population here is only about 30,000 individuals (give or take). Naturally not all are voters. But the population also holds title to the highest percentage of adults over the age of 65 of any county in Wisconsin. Not in total numbers; but as a percentage of the total population. There's a large number of retirees who live here permanently. Not everyone wants to live in Florida. Florida has cockroaches as big as your hand, termites, fire ants, boa constrictors, alligators, heat, humidity, mold and rot. If you're paying attention to the news Florida has hurricanes and flooding. Florida is also home to nutty people who want to dictate what you check out of the library. No way would I choose to live there. Nevertheless, I'd visit during the Christmas or Easter holidays because Florida is home to the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola and isn't as much of a fever swamp that time of year. But I digress.
In my discussion groups - beside me - you'd find retirees that include a business executive, dentist, molecular biologist, naval architect, doctor, civil engineer, an arson/insurance fire investigator, sheriff deputy, shipyard worker, groundwater geologist, teacher, medical examiner, constitutional lawyer, fisheries biologist and much more. The peninsula is sorta like the Bermuda Triangle of knowledge. A ginormous retirement brain trust. Thoughtful people choose to make their home here. Shoot, if I had a sail boat, motor cruiser or liked to fish I'd move here when I retired. No matter where you live you'd be fifteen minutes from a boat launch or marina.
My unscientific and casual take on this is that my neighbors and acquaintances have productive, intellectual and political conversations and are willing to share thoughts and opinions. The basis for what they believe doesn't come from an echo chamber. Like I said - they're thoughtful. They engage in civil discourse and disagree without being disagreeable. I've never lived in a place like this before. It agrees with me.
So, getting back to Nikki Haley; the GOP primary vote count and the up-coming 2024 election have created conditions that might be interesting. There is much anticipation over how things will play-out. Trump lost in 2020 yet every single down-ballot republican was elected. All of them. And they were in the majority too.
After the November election Nikki Haley might just say, I told you so.Time will tell.
I think this election is too close to call and if Trump wins not much changes for me. If he loses my expectation is that most everything will go into Sudden Death Overtime.
In the world of once in a lifetime opportunities this is one you'll not want to miss.
Discovered only last year, Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (C/2023 A3 to astronomers) has been making an appearance since September. Between now and the end of the month will be your last opportunity to see this in the night sky before it disappears into the cosmos. Astronomers believe that this celestial body circles the sun about once every 80,000 years.
Brighter than the planet Jupiter it is easy to spot with the naked eye. Binoculars or a telescope will enhance your viewing pleasure.
Comets consist of ice, dust and rock, think: Dirty Snowball. The ice component is made-up of frozen water, carbon dioxide, ammonia and methane mixed with dust and rock originating back to the formation of our solar system. As the comet circumnavigates our sun some of the ice vaporizes resulting in a visible tail of gas and dust. Rock and dust from the object may enter the earth's atmosphere resulting in meteors (shooting stars).
Look to the west-southwest, low on the horizon, about 30 to 45 minutes following sunset. An unobstructed view is recommended.
Today was to be a soft opening before the South Dakota trip.
After a year of training, five guys, sixteen birds and one dog at Woodfire Lodge in Brillion. Sure, it’s a canned hunt; but no better
way to make all that hard work come together.
Cancelled.
Yesterday we spent an afternoon at the animal ER in Green Bay.
The Red Rocket collided at full tilt with a steel fence post holding a bluebird box.
Dog 1 - Nest box 0
Anyway, no broken bones. Close call with the right eye. Sutures in the face.
Any of you who’ve raised hunting dogs have been to this rodeo before. This is one, tough working doggo.
The debutante has to chill for ten days. Stay-tuned for SD….
Americans are being squeezed out of the labor force and their jobs are taken. By the way, you know who's taking the jobs, the jobs that are created? One hundred and seven percent of those jobs are taken by illegal aliens.
- Donald Trump
Nope. It's a vast demographic shift Mr. Trump. I have blogged on this subject in the past as us retired (and planning to retire) Baby Boomers are the pig moving thru the python.
Unemployment as been at or below 4.1 percent for 30 months. We have a dearth of workers - not an excess. The number of native-born American workers has remained basically static since 2019. And this is a consequence of people retiring.
Immigrants - legal or otherwise - have nothing to do with it. Trump is confused or lying. Take your pick.
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